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Samuel Reader’s diary, volume 9

Date: October 01, 1874-April 30, 1880

Volume nine of the diary of Samuel James Reader who lived near Topeka, Kansas. Reader attached newspaper clippings of personal interest to some pages of his diary. In addition to…

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Samuel Reader’s diary, volume 8

Date: August 16, 1872-October 01, 1874

Volume eight of Samuel James Reader’s diary during which time the community of Silver Lake, near Topeka, Kansas, was suffering from an outbreak of smallpox. About a dozen people died…

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S.D. Wright to Governor John St. John

Date: March 27, 1879

Kansas Governor John St. John accepted an invitation to speak to people in Burlingame, Kansas, and received this letter of thanks from Attorney S.D. Wright.